What this code covers
Food and related machine operators set, operate and attend machinery used to slaughter animals, trim meat from carcasses; bake, freeze, heat, crush, mix, blend and otherwise process foodstuffs, beverages and tobacco leaves. Their tasks include: a) operating and monitoring machinery used to restrain, stun, slaughter animals and trim carcasses into standard meat and fish cuts; b) setting, operating and attending machinery and ovens to mix, bake and otherwise prepare bread and flour confectionery products; c) operating machinery to crush, mix, malt, cook and ferment grains and fruits to produce beer, wines, malt liquors, vinegar, yeast and related products; d) attending equipment to make jam, toffee, cheese, processed cheese, margarine, syrup, ice, pasta, ice-cream, sausages, chocolate, maize starch, edible fats and dextrin; e) operating equipment to cool, heat, dry, roast, blanch, pasteurize, smoke, sterilize, freeze, evaporate and concentrate foodstuffs and liquids used in food processing; f) mixing, pulping, grinding, blending and separating foodstuffs and liquids with churning, pressing, sieving, grinding and filtering equipment; g) processing tobacco leaves by machine to make cigarettes, cigars, pipe and other tobacco products. Examples of the occupations classified here: Bakery products machine operator, Bread production machine operator, Chocolate production machine operator, Cigar and cigarettes production machine operator, Cigarette maker (machine), Dairy products machine operator, Fish processing machine operator, Freezer (meat and fish), Meat processing machine operator, Milk processing machine operator, Preserving cook (general), Sterilizing machine operator (food), Tobacco processing machine operator Some related occupations classified elsewhere: Bottling machine operator - 8183